{"id":679723,"date":"2017-06-14T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=679723"},"modified":"2017-06-14T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T18:48:06","slug":"vegas-is-coming-who-will-they-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/vegas-is-coming-who-will-they-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Is Coming, Who Will They Take?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019re just about a week away from the Vegas Golden Showers<\/del> Knights expansion draft and everyone and their mother has an opinion on who is going to get drafted.<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s ours!<\/p>\n
We randomized the teams and split them up between us. Then, from our assigned teams, we each chose our protections and a player Vegas may draft. We did NOT in any way compare notes. We wanted to see if individually we could each pick a player and fulfill the necessary requirements that Vegas is held to, which are as follows:<\/p>\n
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Vegas must pick one player from each NHL team (duh)<\/li>\n
At least 20 of the players need to be under contract for 2017-2018<\/li>\n
Positional requirements are at least: 14 Forwards, 9 Defensmen, 3 goalies.<\/li>\n
Total cap hit must be between $43,800,000 and $73,000,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I’m not going to go into the restrictions of who does and does not counts as an eligible player, because I KNOW I’ll fuck up some rule somewhere, but in short: Teams can either protect 7 Forwards, 3 Defensemen, and 1 Goalie, OR<\/strong> 8 Skaters (F\/D) and 1 Goalie. \u00a0Anyone with a No Movement Clause counts towards a protected spot (unless they waive it). \u00a0Eligibility can also vary based on tenure, games played, contract status, etc.<\/p>\n
PROTECTED<\/strong> PLAYERS<\/strong> (click to open a larger version):<\/p>\n